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ArticleIDCases2022

Fatal case of disseminated cryptococcal infection and meningoencephalitis in the setting of prolonged glucocorticoid use in a Covid-19 positive patient.

Krupa Karnik, Yuexiu Wu, Samantha Ruddy, Bladimir Quijano-Rondan, Carl Urban, Glenn Turett, Lok Yung, Nishant Prasad, James Yoon, Sorana Segal-Maurer

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Article in IDCases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Overview of COVID-19-Associated Invasive Fungal Infection.Current fungal infection reports · 2022
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  9. COVID-19 associated with cryptococcosis: a scoping review.Therapeutic advances in infectious disease
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Krupa KarnikThe Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, 56-45 Main St, Flushing, New York 11355, United States.
Yuexiu WuThe Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, 56-45 Main St, Flushing, New York 11355, United States.
Samantha RuddyThe Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, 56-45 Main St, Flushing, New York 11355, United States.
Bladimir Quijano-RondanThe Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, 56-45 Main St, Flushing, New York 11355, United States.
Carl UrbanDepartment of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, 56-45 Main St, Flushing, New York 11355, United States.
Glenn TurettDepartment of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, 56-45 Main St, Flushing, New York 11355, United States.
Lok YungDepartment of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, 56-45 Main St, Flushing, New York 11355, United States.
Nishant PrasadDepartment of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, 56-45 Main St, Flushing, New York 11355, United States.
James YoonDepartment of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, 56-45 Main St, Flushing, New York 11355, United States.
Sorana Segal-MaurerDepartment of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, 56-45 Main St, Flushing, New York 11355, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Based on the RECOVERY trial, glucocorticoids have become the mainstay of treatment for COVID-19, thus increasing the risk of opportunistic infections. We report a case of disseminated

Indexed as

COVID-19Cryptococcus neoformansFungemiaGlucocorticoidsMeningoencephalitis

Identifiers

PMID35013707
PMCPMC8734083

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